Camelid

Camelid is the classification of members of the family Camelidae. This includes the Camel, the Llama, the Alpaca, the Vicuna and the Guanaco. All Camelids are members of the order of ungulates.

Camelid
Bactrian camel Camelus bactrianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Branch	Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Sub-phylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Mammalia
Sub-class	Theriiformes
Infra-class	Holotheria
Order Information
Superorder	Preptotheria
Order	Artiodactyla
Sub-order	Tylopoda
Family Information
Superfamily	Cameloidea
Family	Camelidae
Population statistics

Camelids are distinguished by their long legs, even-toed hooves and a three-chambered digestive track. Camelids are exclusively herbivorous.

Living species

• Family Camelidae

Subfamily Camelinae

Tribe Camelini

Genus: Camelus

Arabian camel, Camelus dromedarius

Bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus

Tribe Lamini

Genus: Lama

Guanaco, Lama guanicoe

Llama, Lama glama

Genus: Vicugna

Alpaca, Vicugna pacos

Vicuña, Vicugna vicugna

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